Brink of a Middle East crisis
According to local people, the Ein Sabeh training camp for terrorists just north of Syria’s capital of Damascus that Israel attacked this week hasn’t been used for a long time. Of course, the locals may not have known what was going on at Ein Sabeh, or they may have been lying. Yet, it’s certainly odd […]
New book on Senate reform
Meanwhile, Grit Senator Serge Joyal has just put out a new book on reforming the Senate and – surprise, surprise – it doesn’t advocate turning the Red Chamber into an elected body as so many have called for. But there’s good reason for that. As Sen. Joyal explains, the fact there is little appetite for […]
A Tasteful Title…
National Post columnist Susan Delacourt’s anticipated book on Paul Martin has a title – Juggernaught. That should work out fine as long as Mr. Martin rolls over the opposition as most expect he will. It certainly could have been worse. I hear that some people at Ms. Delacourt’s publisher’s office were rather keen on another […]
Let’s talk net-worked government: The not-so-scary truth behind e-government and other e-droppers
John Turow wants to drop the capital “I” from “Internet.” The University of Pennsylvania communications professor recently wrote in The New York Times that Internet technology is now so intertwined with daily life that it is time to treat the word as a generic rather than a brand name. Something similar is afoot in Ottawa. […]
BILL C-17 is a case of built-in unaccountability: Government’s anti-terrorist bill puts too much power in hands of bureaucrats
The sponsors of the government’s anti-terrorist bill, Bill C-17, just can’t seem to get it right. After two previous false starts, with Bill C-42 and Bill C-55, it’s the government’s third attempt to put forward an emergency safety security bill which will, once passed, not only affect terrorists but also the average Canadian. However, the […]
Don’t do us any favours Canada: To secure peace, one must prepare for war, period
WASHINGTON,D.C.– If, if, IF, iF, ifififif…Canadians are adrift on a sea of hypotheticals. If Saddam Hussein still controls Iraq. And if United Nations inspectors continue their work with less than full cooperation but no “smoking guns.” And if a report to the UN Security Council concludes there are Iraqi violations/noncompliance with UN resolutions. And if […]
Let the games begin, House gets back to work
Alliance, Bloc, Tories, Liberal and NDP caucuses to meet this Wednesday MONDAY, Jan. 27 House Sitting — The House resumes sitting on Jan. 27, after a six-week long break in the constituencies. For more information, call the Government House Leader’s Office at (613) 952-4930. Media Club Dinner — The Right Honourable Herb Gray will appear […]
McTeague stirred, not shaken: Government backbencher Dan McTeague talks politics
Liberal MP Dan McTeague is part of that rare breed of backbencher who is always ready for a fight, against everybody and anything, always active, sometimes pushing lost or forgotten causes, always ready to go to bat for the weak and defenceless and to rise up against any moral outrage. Across the aisle, across the […]
Gun registry cost overruns in public domain for years: Federal bureaucrats hid behind ministers in questioning by Senate Finance Committee
As you all know by now, the $1-billion gun registry scandal emerged in the wake of Auditor General Sheila Fraser’s scathing report which took Ottawa by storm last month. But a little-known fact is that her main finding that the costs were spiraling out of control had actually been part of the public domain for […]
Where are the French books?
Regarding The Hill Times’ “List of 70 Political and Historical Books for 2002” (The Hill Times, Jan. 6). I always find end-of-year book lists interesting to read. We all have opinions on books that should have been included or better yet, left out. I must admit that I was surprised that out of 70 books, […]
